Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-06-04
LOCALS IN M1N1oN.

during tne forenoon details from 1nODurn
Post, No. 81, G. A. R., under whose auspices
the exercises were held, were sent to decorate
the graves of dead comrades in the Eckhart
and Porter graveyards..several miles distant.
At 2 p. m. the order of procession was ar
ranged in front of Meats Opera House as
follows:
1. Two wagons laden with little girls at
tired in white and crowned with floral
wreaths.
2. Sunday School pupils carrying boquets
and baskets of flowers.
8. Arion band
4. Frostburg Fire Department.
5. Mountain City Drum Corps.
6. Thoburn Post, No. 81, G. A. r.
Z. Independent Cornet Band.
s. Company d, I'd Maryland Regiment.
A short while later the line moved to the
old graveyard on the hill thence successfully
to the old and new Catholic cemeteries, and
to Allegany cemetery The display was
probably the finest ever made by local organ
izations. The bright colors made by flags,
banners and uniforms, the marching and the
evolutions of the military combined to make
a very pretty scene.
In Allegany cemetery on behalf of the
Firemen Rev. A. C. Haverstick spoke in
substance as follows over the grave of Ben
jamin Bowen, a former Chief:
1t is always with the most solemn feeling
and awe that We stand in this Metropolis, this
city of the dead. We have left the city of
the living behind, and now we stand amidst
the habitations of those who have gone to the
unknown world before us. Among the null
tiplicity of duties to be performed to-day
there is one for you, 1t may not take many
moments, but it is one which springs from
full nf ahpipa priaS and on off
not diminished by time. We stand here to
commemorate the virtues of q comrade. A
poet has said ''the evil which men do lives
after them, let it not be so with Benjamin
Bowen.
There is probably no locality in our country
which is better able by its surroundings to
develop bravery in men, to give them all that
pertains to nobleness and true manhood.
The occupation which prevails among us
calls forth all that is in a man. 1t is a dan
gerous and hazardous pursuit, and the
bravery to face danger has permeated the
whole community, even those who are not
engaged in the leading pursuit. | do not
mean foolhardness and running unnecessary
risks, but the bravery which performs duty,
even when danger threatens, the cool and
calm, deliberate waiting, as it were, for the
danger to come. Such willingness is one of
the requisites ola fireman, and your comrade
possessed it in a high degree. He would
have been willing to rescue anyone exposed
to danger, even at the risk of his own life. 1t
might have been one of YOU in danger whom
he endeavored to help when he fell victim
himself. But Providence saw otherwise.
His sad death illustrates how he had learned
to face the danger by which surrounded. But
he died doing his duty. What more noble
than to die for ones family? With the world
ii is a very homely truth, that laboring for
ones bread is duty, that the sweat Of toll
is honorable. Yet it IS and to die at ones
post is most noble death, even if not
chronicled in the nations archives. 1t is in
consideration of this and other virtues, that
we do well to lay our tribute of affection, our
appreciation of his virtues and sense of duty
on his grave. We show that we have not
forgotten him, and that he is not SO far sep
arated from us, and hence we make these
material offerings symbol of our inner
feelings.
Let us remember that there is another
Chief, not the one who here so Ably wears
the horn over his shoulder, but the One who
by His archangel will blow His trumr and
summon us into His presence and that we
and this comrade will once more be made
members of a new band, when 1--WE gather at
the river" and are taken to the other shore.
Let us initiate his virtues, reverence his
memory, and may he rest in peace
For the Post Rev. III. S. France delivered
an address, condensed in the following:
There are days worthy of remembrance
because of the deeds that made every moment
thrill with extraordinary life. You call such
days historic. They are deserving of eulogy
and song. No pans should be spared to
keep their lustre from fading. You recall the
18th of July, 18th Of September, 22d of Feb
ruary. of later time there has come to notice
a day worthy to take its place alongside the
best Of these. Such day Is the 3Uth of Nav.
A nations tribute 10 its hOnored dead-what
custom more beautiful than the scattering of
flowers over the graves OF those who have
f,tlfbf the huf I.ra II,
sleep II is an Offering Of the heart rather
than the head. IL IS the gift of love rather
than knowledge.
There is fear that the repetition of this
custom may degenerate into form that shall
he meaningless. We are not 10 forget the
lessons that are underneath these tlOwcrs-
the dee,ls that are the explanation OF their
presence and without which these flowers
would be- inappropriate. With malice toward
none and charity for all, at the same time
have no sympathy with the spirit that would
apologize Tor the acts OF these men. There
were doubtless mistakes, yet their cause was
Just because it was the cause OF humanity
and the cause Ut humanity always and every
where h the cause 0f Got
There Is another fear that iu rccountin, the
past We may losc sight Of the present a., ! The
future fuu age Co go away from the srlycs
90 yuIr lrtI to-day more than ever all
preauilNe OF thc principles for which they
Fought, more uIdn ever in love with "a govern
Hlsiit ui ih4 lvupl1 luf the people aud by the
If%plc, more than ever Cuusecrat.sI ID the
institution, They preserved, more than ever
proud ~ yolu citizenship and determined
that the present AMI the future shall! newer
wiiness dee.is that Wouh Calse tls-c dctd
herues 30 feel ashamed
The Jirsi lessin suggested hy these flowers
b the Jr1Jinte. ~ a. +oa.s. Intimately CON.
ureicl With the home lifc are doWer~ 4
priiurtuc. % daisy, "a EculuiuIu. q ldas-, oi
honey sucair, "a foae, how they are associated
ia your miui Nith Thought, 81 home ia,
home liiu ui this nation wa. Involved iu thlt
slavery Us lu Institution aimlI 90 destroy the
sAncliy 81 the home. WhAcyef Affects the
home life Affects the national life The han
piness and PROSPERITY 81 the republic az,
wraplcl up la IT, homes.
One % the problems iacing Us today j. the
relation u the home life b. the pru.ticritv of
the republic. ! thank God Cor the American
home. Justioc Colcridsc said what Impressed
him was that - many u our people uNne.l
Their homes. In this uwuegahipuf home and
love Of home are Involved some Of the great.
est Interests that hciong 10 this country. A.
the Character Of the home 80 is the character
OF the nation. The loyalty II the citizen will
be strong a. the domestic ties are strong A.
you gct soldiers who, willis lighting Tor Coun-
try, realize they are lighting for hone. ynu
get the highest tyre II bravery. Rome va.
strongest when tlle domestic tif, were most
s.icred. when TIE guardian dcitic.. Ians ami
Penaics we're the household susl-. when the
eternal ne that h1uruei ou the Nesial altar
was symbolical Of the chastity a. white q. the
driven snow, when sgnCca oluld write ct his
mothcr-"yOur single ornament was a love
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